Novosedly - Lipno - Novosedly

Beginning of walkway

We drove down to Lipno this morning which is near the Sumava (pronounced Shumava) National Park.  Lipno sits near a lake and is a little alpine village which in winter is home to the usual skiing and snowboarding.  

As with a lot of these villages they have diversified to offer a range of summer activities to try and pull in the summer crowds.  There were downhill mountain bike trails, a luge run, giant slide and a pool as well as other activities.

We read about this tree-top walk which looked like a cool thing to do so we bought some chair lift tickets and up we went to the top of the hill for the beginning of the walk.

The timber walkway meandered through the forest rising gradually until we reached the top platform.  There were 11 'adrenaline' stations which consisted of balancing beams and walkway ladders and so on.  I think the 'adrenaline' was a bit of a stretch, perhaps 'mildly amusing' would have been closer to the mark, but it broke up the journey and the kids didn't seem to mind too much.

View of the Southern Bohemia

There was a great view from the top as the weather was kind to us and you could see for miles.

Tree-top walkway with 'adrenaline' station

For the princely sum €1 each you could take the slide which spiralled down the inside back to the bottom rather than walk back down so we all did that.  I think it probably took about 15 minutes to walk up and about 15 seconds to come back down. 

Caught the chair lift back down to the carpark and grabbed the regulation bread rolls and whatever is going from the supermarket for a picnic by the playground.      

That night I cooked dinner for our hosts and we had a great time hearing about what they've been up to and how things work in the Czech Republic.

Stray observations: Fireworks, we're getting them.